Background
The CAB was sunset in fall 2024. The Police Accountability Board, which fully launched in 2023, is an impartial, community-based oversight board which in addition to serving as a civilian oversight body, also provides the community a space to discuss safety issues more broadly.
CAB achievements
- Transfer of parking enforcement from UC Police to Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS)
- Experience with Policing Digital Art Project
- Real-time feedback feedback platform (SpidrTech) in support of continuous improvement within the Police Department
- Development of Campus Mobile Crisis Team
- Development of external complaint mechanism (PAB) to provide oversight external to the Police Department for police misconduct complaints
See more achievements in this campus news article.
As part of the 2019 University of California Policing Task Force, a systemwide recommendation was made that stated:
“Campuses shall create independent advisory boards with representatives from the campus who can facilitate and enhance communication between the police department and the greater campus community as well as work collaboratively with the departments on issues involving campus safety and security.”
UC Santa Cruz first established a police advisory board in 2014, and until 2020 this board provided advice and community input directly to the Chief of Police. To enhance the campus wide perspective and highlight the independent nature of the board, starting in July 2020 the Board reported to the Chancellor and was called the Campus Safety Community Advisory Board (CAB).
In 2021, the UC Office of the President released the UC Community Safety Plan which requires “Current and future campus-based task forces or working groups focused on campus safety [which] include broad representation of the full UC community, including historically marginalized communities.”